Youth literacy in Madagascar

In Madagascar, 82.4% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2021.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 2000 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS
Madagascar, 2021 82.4% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2018 +2.5percentage points 2018: 79.8%

Youth literacy in Madagascar over time

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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 (% of people aged 15 to 24), 2000 to 2021
Period Madagascar
2021 82.4%
2018 79.8%
2012 76.8%
2000 70.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 79.8% in 2018, a change of +2.5 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 70.2%, the figure has changed by +12.1 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
LR.AG15T24 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2021 for Madagascar
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org